LIBYA

LIBYA / ليبيا

Inauguration of the Zueitina Oil Terminal.
Illustrated map of northern Libya.
Second stamp in a set of 2, issued on 23.04.1968.
Face value: 60 millieme.
Design: A. Rahuma.
Printing: Offset lithography.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 257.
- Scott No. 339.
- StampWorld No. 262.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 417.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 325.

Zueitina or Zuwetina (الزويتينة) Terminal is a large camp situated on an arid plain next to the town of the same name, in the Al Wahat District of the Cyrenaica, at the Eastern end of the Gulf of Sidra on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It was inaugurated in 1968 and its oil port is used to export crude oil.

LIBYA

LIBYA / ليبيا.

10th anniversary of September Revolution.
Simplified and illustrated map of Libya.
Stamp issued in a block o 4, issued on 01.09.1979.
Face value: 70 Libyan dirham.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 36 x 48 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 747.
- Scott No. 824b.
- StampWorld No. 757.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 919.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 789.

Revolution of September 1 is the official name of the military coup committed on September 1, 1969 in Libya against King Idris I (who was receiving medical treatment in Turkey at that time), led by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who later he ruled the country until his assassination on October 20, 2011. The coup responded to popular discontent over the accumulation of wealth, thanks to the sale of oil, in the hands of the monarch. Seventy officers of the Libyan Army, known as the Free Officers Movement, took control of the government by force from the city of Benghazi and abolished the monarchy in a few hours. On the same day, the new Revolutionary Command Council proclaimed the Libyan Arab Republic. Diplomatic recognition of the new government came quickly from countries around the world.

LIBYA

LIBYA / ليبيا.

1st anniversary of Libya's admission to the United Nations (UN).
Simplified and illustrated map of Libya.
Second stamp in a set of 2, issued on 14.12.1956.
Face value: 35 milliemes of Libyan pound.
Printing: Recess.

Catalogue
- Michel No. 76.
- Scott No. 174.
- StampWorld No. 76.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 230.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 165.

Libya is made up of three historical regions: Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan, and its area is almost 1.8 million km² (700,000 sq mi). From 1835 the country was subject to the Ottoman Empire until the Italian-Turkish War (1911-1912), when it was occupied by the Kingdom of Italy, which established two colonies, the Italian Tripolitania and the Italian Cyrenaica. In 1934 it was unified into the Italian colony of Libya, which remained until February 10, 1947, when it became independent from Italy and came under British and French administration. It was liberated on December 24, 1951, the date of the which declared its independence as a sovereign state and established a monarchy under Idris I. The country was admitted to the United Nations on December 14, 1955.